Saddam to face trial in a cage

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Fallen Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein will be tried in one of his
palaces sitting inside a top-security Hannibal Lecter-style cage,
The Sun newspaper has reported.

It said the white reinforced metal cage would be similar to the
one used to control the character played by Anthony Hopkins in the
Silence of the Lambs movie of 1991.

Quoting an unidentified source, Britain's top-selling tabloid
said that during the trial - to be held possibly next year - Saddam
would be housed in an underground cell and would travel to and from
the courtroom cage using a lift.

Saddam is facing charges of war crimes and genocide and would be
tried before Iraqi judges in the palace inside Baghdad's Green
Zone.

The courtroom is now being fitted out, The Sun said.

Other members of his regime will also face trials, starting
later this year.